You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate.

Name 12 players better than me.

Lies don't matter, ... There's no merit to it. It's kind of hard to entertain foolishness when it has no merit.

There's always going to be criticism when your name is Jalen. You have to wear a bulletproof vest and be ready for it.

Even bad teams have optimism. You don't want to take away the optimism so early in the season. The Bad News Bears coach wouldn't even tell (his team) that.

Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

When you're not winning it's about how you're not getting it done.